model confidence 90%
Repeals Chapter 170A (Texas Heartbeat Act banning most abortions after detection of embryonic cardiac activity) and other statutes that prohibited abortions, so more legal access to abortion.
The following provisions are repealed: (1) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code;
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model confidence 85%
Amends medication abortion rules to allow provision per 2013 ACOG guidelines in addition to FDA final printed label protocol, and removes some prior restrictions, so more legal access to medication abortion.
A person may provide the abortion-inducing drug in the dosage amount prescribed by the clinical management guidelines defined by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Practice Bulletin as those guidelines existed on January 1, 2013.
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Restricts abortion access model confidence 70%
Updates and slightly modifies reporting requirements for abortion complications and physician requirements for medication abortion (examination, documentation, follow-up visit), so slightly more regulation of providers.
Before the physician provides an abortion-inducing drug, the physician must: (1) examine the pregnant woman; and (2) document, in the woman's medical record, the gestational age and intrauterine location of the pregnancy
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model confidence 80%
Repeals multiple specific statutes that had prohibited or tightly restricted abortion (including Chapter 170A and medication abortion limits) while retaining some reporting and provider rules, resulting in overall broader legal access to abortion.
relating to the regulation of abortion, including abortion complication reporting and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill primarily expands abortion access by repealing Texas's near-total post-heartbeat ban (Ch. 170A) and several other restrictive provisions on medication abortion and related prohibitions. It also updates complication reporting and adds some physician requirements for medication abortion, which is a minor additional regulation, but the net effect is expansion via repeal of bans.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-14 | H | Referred to Public Health |
| 2025-03-14 | H | Read first time |
| 2025-01-22 | H | Filed |